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This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip thro
This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand and inventive. Describing the history and the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. IntroductionCleopatra's NeedleSt Pancras Renaissance HotelIsabella Plantation Historical HomesSyon HouseCharles Dickens MuseumApsley House, Number One LondonEltham PalaceLeighton House MuseumStrawberry Hill HouseTwo Temple PlaceKew Palace and The Royal Botanical Gardens Food and DrinkYe Olde Cheshire CheeseBibendumL. ManzeBerry Bros. & RuddPickering PlaceThe IvySmithfield Meat MarketThe Black Friar Palaces of EntertainmentThe Rivoli BallroomWilton's Music HallThe All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet ClubRegent's Street CinemaGate Cinema Notting HillThe National TheatreNormansfield TheatreWigmore HallGala Bingo Hall Tooting Places of WorshipWestminster CathedralWelsh Baptist ChapelPeace Pagoda Battersea ParkMasonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street HotelSt Bartholomew the GreatBevis Marks SynagogueSt Mary le BowShri Sanatan Hindu Mandir, Wembley Remarkable ShopsLassCo SalvageL. Cornelissen & SonTruefitt and HillSteinway & SonsJames Smith & SonsJohn Lobb LtdThe Roof Gardens in Kensington Science and EducationKempton Steam MuseumMarkfield Beam Engine MuseumAlexander Fleming Laboratory MuseumCharterhouseOld Operating Theatre Museum and Herb GarretThe Ragged School MuseumLondon Museum of Water and SteamRoyal Institution of Great Britain Inns of CourtThe Honourable Society of Lincoln's InnThe Honourable Society of Gray's InnThe Honourable Society of the Inner TempleThe Honourable Society of the Middle TempleThe Temple Church Unusual MuseumsThe Royal Airforce MuseumHorniman MuseumChurchill Museum and Cabinet War RoomsGeffrye Museum of the HomeHMS BelfastMassey ShawThe MonumentMusical MuseumThe Wimbledon Windmill
Praise for Peter Dazeley and Mark Daly's previous book Unseen London:
'A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city's buildings.' Daily Telegraph
'Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.' Daily Express
'Fascinating.' Fabric magazine
'A joy' Evening Standard
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